The botnet's command channel is the protocol that exists to tell a machine its own public address, and nobody can block it
2026-10-07Security
Cling takes routers and DVRs through vulnerabilities going back to 2014, then talks to its operator over STUN — the NAT-traversal service every video call depends on. Its traffic looks like a device keeping a connection alive, because that is literally what the packets are. It is the third campaign this fortnight to put its command channel somewhere undeletable.